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John C. Randolph

As if an accusation counts as proof of guilt.

"Microsoft announced late Friday that it will pay more than $23 million to settle an anbreastrust suit filed by onetime operating system rival Be. Microsoft did not admit wrongdoing in the settlement, in which Be will receive $23.2 million after attorneys' fees. The total amount Microsoft will pay was not immediately clear from a joint statement by the two companies," reports CNet."

"Comment: Be's lawsuit alleged that Microsoft closed it out of the PC market after it proved unable to get many OEMs to bundle it. It's not mentioned that Apple closed Be out of the Mac market, by eliminating the Mac-clone makers who did bundle BeOS for a while..."

Whoa! I'll bet you still feel like ignoring what Apple did to Be. You've snipped it out below.

Wrong. Mac cloners offered BeOS pre-installed. It made Mac OS look like garbage. That's why Apple end the Mac cloners.

I'm reinserting what you snipped out about Apple:

Apple is the one who end BeOS on their machines. BeOS wouldn't run after an upgrade to Mac OS 9, not even from the CD by holding Command + C while booting.

I experienced that one myself.